nezak · suffer harm, cause harm

What it means

nezak (נְזַק) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “suffer harm, cause harm”.

To suffer harm; in its causative form, to cause harm (Aramaic).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Loss or damage, above all to the king's treasury.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• harm ×3
• loss ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Ezra×3
• Daniel×1

• Ezra 4:13

  Now let it be known to the king that if that city is built and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, tax, or toll, and it will cause harm to the treasury of kings.

• Ezra 4:15

  so that someone may investigate in the book of the memorials of your fathers; and you will find in the book of the memorials and know that that city is a rebellious city, causing harm to kings and provinces, and that they have been making sedition within it since the days of old; for this reason that city was laid waste.

• Ezra 4:22

  And be careful of negligence in acting on this. Why should the damage grow to the harm of kings?”

• Daniel 6:2

  and over them three supervisors, of whom Daniel was one, so that these satraps might give them account, and the king might not suffer loss.